James Webb’s MIRI instrument about to face most daunting challenge yet
NASA has shared an update on the process of getting James Webb's MIRI instrument down to temperature and ready for alignment.
NASA pushes its mega moon rocket test back to next week
After two false starts, NASA is hoping that third time will be the charm for the wet dress rehearsal of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
NASA still struggling to fuel its Space Launch System rocket
NASA had to call off its third attempt at a test of fueling its new moon rocket due to a liquid hydrogen leak.
Launch for Crew-4 mission to ISS confirmed for next weekend
A new batch of astronauts are getting ready to head to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Crew-4 mission.
NASA’s huge moon rocket is heading off launchpad next week
NASA is getting ready to rehouse its Space Launch System rocket following three attempts to complete wet dress rehearsal testing.
NASA has a plan to fix Lucy spacecraft’s solar array problem
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has a problem with one of its solar arrays, which has not locked into place properly. Now there's a plan to fix it.
See the sun flaring thanks to the Solar Dynamics Observatory
This week, the Sun erupted with a powerful solar flare, and the incident was caught in real-time by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
NASA’s TESS has discovered 5,000 exoplanet candidates
NASA's planet-hunting satellite, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, has passed an impressive milestone, having identified 5,000 potential exoplanets.
Hubble captures a beautiful galaxy with a nautical theme
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another stunning image of deep space -- this one showing the distant galaxy NGC 3381.
How to watch NASA’s update on James Webb’s arrival at L2
As the James Webb Space Telescope makes its final burn to enter its orbit around the sun, NASA will broadcast a Science Live show about the event.
See the Great Eruption of star Eta Carinae in stunning visualization
Astronomers have released a striking visualization of the eruption of star Eta Carinae, showing how it formed a stunning nebula.
Peering into the atmosphere of an ultra-hot exoplanet
Astronomers have investigated the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-189b's atmosphere, and found that it's just as odd as the planet beneath.
Hubble spots three galaxies pulled into an unusual shape
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a group of three galaxies they are interacting with each other.
Strange object giving off bursts of energy unlike anything known
Astronomers have discovered a strange object giving off regular bursts of energy, unlike anything seen before.
How to watch Astra launch its first NASA mission today
Today, rocket startup Astra will launch four small satellites as part of its first mission for NASA. Here's how to watch.
Second asteroid ever to share Earth’s orbit is a big one
Very few asteroids share the orbit of Earth -- just two have been discovered to date -- and astronomers have recently confirmed the existence and size of one.
How James Webb will align its 18 primary mirror segments
With the James Webb Space Telescope arrived at its destination, the telescope has to go through a series of alignment processes to get it ready for science.
Rocket startup Astra scrubs its first launch for NASA
Rocket startup Astra had to scrub its first launch for NASA, scheduled for yesterday, Saturday February 5, due to a range asset issue.
Astronomers are worried about satellite constellations like Starlink
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is setting up a new center to tackle the problem of interference from satellite constellations.
Hubble revisits an irregular dwarf galaxy bursting with young stars
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the quirky dwarf galaxy NGC 1705, an unusually shaped small galaxy located 17 million light-years away.
Astronomers spot a new planet orbiting our neighboring star
Astronomers have found a new planet orbiting our neighboring star Proxima Centauri, and it's one of the lightest exoplanets ever found.
Supercomputer simulates the entire universe, from Big Bang to now
Researchers have produced the most accurate simulation of the universe to date, modelling its entire history from the Big Bang to the present day.
See the very first image (and first selfie!) from James Webb
NASA has released both the first image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and even a selfie snapped by one of the telescope's cameras.
Jupiter’s magnetosphere ‘acts like a giant particle accelerator’
A thirty-year old mystery about X-ray emissions from Jupiter has been solved.
Hints of a planet in the habitable zone of a dead star
Researchers find indications of a potential exoplanet in a white dwarf's narrow habitable zone for the first time.
Hubble spots a rare pair of highly active galaxies
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of interacting galaxies, collectively known as Arp 282.
James Webb’s hexagonal image array shows its mirror’s shape
The latest update from the James Webb Space Telescope is a new image of the star HD 84406 shown 18 times in a hexagonal image array.
Pair of brown dwarfs orbit each other 12 billion miles apart
Astronomers have spotted a pair of brown dwarfs, which are objects in between planets and stars, which have the widest separation found to date.
Solar Orbiter captures a dramatic solar prominence
Solar Orbiter, a mission to study the sun from NASA and ESA, recently took an image of the sun showing a dramatic solar prominence as it happened.
Hubble captures epic view of three galaxies merging into one
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows no less than three galaxies that are in the process of merging to become one, called IC 2431.
Wild exoplanet has metal clouds and rain of liquid gems
One of the strangest we know of has to be WASP-121 b. Research reveals what the weather might be like there, and it's just as weird as you might think.
World’s most powerful solar telescope begins science operations
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawai'i recently began its first science observations in the start of its year-long commissioning phase.
This exoplanet has two suns – just like Tatooine
A team of astronomers has detected a Tatooine-like exoplanet which orbits two stars. A person living on the planet would see two suns in the sky.
Russia suspends Soyuz launches from Europe spaceport over EU sanctions
The Russian space agency Roscosmos is halting launches of its Soyuz rockets from French Guiana in response to EU sanctions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Engineers for James Webb have stacked its 18 images into one
The long process of aligning the telescope's mirrors continues, but engineers reached an important milestone when they completed the image stacking step.
Astronomers spot two black holes colliding in epic merger
Astronomers have spotted a pair of black holes which are heading for an epic collision.
Hubble returns to a pair of interacting galaxies for a second look
The image from the Hubble Space Telescope this week shows a pair of interacting galaxies, which are close enough that they are affecting each other.
How engineers are getting James Webb’s NIRSpec instrument ready for science
Engineers are preparing the James Webb Space Telescope for operations this summer, including readying the telescope's four science instruments.